Borley v. McDonald
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Heard upon tlie report of a referee and exceptions thereto at the September Term, 1896, Franklin County, Ross, C. J., presiding. The exceptions were overruled and judgment rendered for the plaintiff to recover the sum named as liquidated damages, with interest from the date of the writ.
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
It appears by the referee’s report that the plaintiff had a large well-established and profitable fire, life and accident insurance business in St. Albans, representing twenty-three or more companies; that in the spring of 1888 the defendant, entered his employment as a clerk in his insurance office, and that on October 28,1889, while he was so employed, the parties entered into the following written contract with each other:
*310“In consideration of the agreement of the said McDonald hereinafter contained, said Borley agrees to employ him, the said McDonald, in his insurance business for the term…
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